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Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., and Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., display a sign accusing former special counsel Jack Smith of meeting with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis during a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Sept. 29, 2026. ( Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Jack Smith attack exposes GOP propaganda

Sophia Tesfaye

MAGA media was ready to amplify the Missouri senator's conspiracy theory. It turned out to be laughably false

Contestants from left, Beth L., Rachel L., Marnie R., Merline N., Christina T., Sarina V., Belinda B., Kelly A. and Cindy I., stand onstage during "The Swan Pageant," the first-season finale of Fox's "The Swan," which aired May 24, 2004. (Courtesy Everett Collection)

How "The Swan" gave us Mar-a-Lago face

Melanie McFarland

Erin Lee Carr's documentary explores the era before extreme surgical makeovers became a MAGA status symbol

Aldi interior (Scott Olson / Getty Images)

Generic food lost its stigma

Ashlie D. Stevens

Private label used to mean settling. Aldi and other store brands turned it into a reason to shop

President Donald Trump looks to Louisiana's Republican Gov. Jeff Landry as he delivers remarks on the Ratepayer Protection Pledge during a roundtable at the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters on July 23, 2026. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Louisiana governor's secret deals

Alex Galbraith

The MAGA Louisiana governor has buried his deals with Meta and SpaceX under a mountain of NDAs

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office on Sept. 30, 2026. (Kent NISHIMURA / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's failure hides Project 2025 wins

Heather Digby Parton

OMB director Russell Vought is quietly remaking the federal government, and Congress is next

Democratic candidate for Texas governor Gina Hinojosa speaks during Democratic state Rep. James Talarico's New American Dream Tour in Killeen, Texas, on Friday, August 14, 2026. (Photo by Joel Angel Juarez for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Moms are fed up over Texas schools

Mel Leonor Barclay - The 19th

She got into politics because of education, an issue giving Texas its most competitive governor’s race in years

Cold call fear (Xavier Lorenzo/Getty Images)

The cost of scheduling conversations

Nicole Karlis

What’s lost when spontaneous communication declines?

Former special counsel Jack Smith arrives to testify during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled “Oversight of Jack Smith’s Abuse of Authority and the Targeting of Republicans and Related Matters,” in Hart Senate Office Building on Tuesday, September 29, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images)

We need Jack Smith’s defiance right now

Troy Farah

Republicans aren't just attacking one of Trump's enemies. They're trying to rewrite history

Skyler Gisondo and Robert Pattinson in "Primetime" (A24)

Why Gen Z sees itself in "Primetime"

Coleman Spilde

A24's Chris Hansen biopic cleverly reveals the surveillance state's rapid escalation

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters alongside AI executives outside the West Wing after a meeting on artificial intelligence, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Don't buy the AI miracle pitch

Troy Farah

Trump and Silicon Valley are selling the idea that AI will save us. It's a dangerous bet

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear attends the 2026 Concordia Annual Summit in New York on Sept. 21, 2026. ( John Nacion/Getty Images)

The gospel according to Andy Beshear

Jason Kyle Howard

Kentucky's governor on his new book, the Good Samaritan and why he hasn't ruled out 2028

President Donald Trump waves to the media on the South Lawn of the White House on Sept. 26, 2026. (https://www.salon.com/topic/donald-trump)

Trump can't trick voters into loving him

Amanda Marcotte

Voters aren’t falling for Trump’s taxpayer-funded ads and phony promises to pay them $5,000

People cast their ballots at a vote center in Los Angeles, on November 4, 2025, where Proposition 50 is the only measure on the ballot in the state’s special election. Californians were voting November 4 in a ballot measure likely to further tilt the liberal state towards the Democrats, as the party seeks to neutralize gerrymandering ordered by President Donald Trump. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN/Getty Images)

WH proposal could hurt disabled voters

Lisa Song - ProPublica

A new rule from the Office of Management and Budget is part of the Trump admin’s broader efforts to restrict voting

San Francisco 49ers players Eli Harold, left, Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid kneel during the national anthem before a game in Santa Clara, California, on Oct. 23, 2016. (Michael Zagaris/San Francisco 49ers/Getty Images)

Kaepernick would kneel again

Rann Miller

In "Perilous Fight" Kaepernick doesn’t need permission to stand up for Black people

(L-R) Fox hosts Greg Gutfeld, Brian Kilmeade, Laura Ingraham and Jesse Watters (Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Brandon Bell / Roy Rochlin)

Fox tries to cool MAGA anger over AI

Sophia Tesfaye

Gutfeld, Watters, Ingraham and Kilmeade are pushing back as data centers become a midterm issue

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, greets supporters outside the Kittery Trading Post to kick off her reelection campaign bus tour of Maine on Aug. 14, 2026. (CJ Gunther/Getty Images)

Susan Collins no longer Maine's Houdini

Heather Digby Parton

The senator cannot make her role as Donald Trump's enabler disappear

A poster showing a sample mail-in ballot is displayed as U.S. Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter speaks during a press conference at the Department of Justice on September 22, 2026 in Washington, DC. McCotter announced that an election worker in Utah has been indicted for allegedly throwing away ballots. (Photo by Finn Gomez/Getty Images)

Trump's mail-in voting agenda revealed

Jen Fifield, Peter Elkind - ProPublica

ProPublica reveals the extent of the White House’s role in trying to dictate how mail-in ballots are processed

Brad Pitt as James Belmont and Uber as Odin in "Heart of the Beast" (Paramount Pictures)

Brad Pitt's comeback act has faltered

Coleman Spilde

"Avengers Endgame: Encore" snapped its fingers to make Pitt's "Heart of the Beast" disappear

Karl Rove speaks on stage during the "Election 2024" panel for The Atlantic Festival 2024 on September 20, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images)

GOP has a “Nazi” problem, Karl Rove says

Troy Farah

The conservative political operative said he’s voting for a Democrat

The Beatles, 1965 (Eyles/Daily Herald/Mirrorpix via Getty Images)

Hear The Beatles becoming The Beatles

Kenneth Womack

The Beatles’ new "Rubber Soul" box set captures the band at a pivotal moment of artistic transformation

Rooney Mara and Kate Mara in "Bucking Fastard" (Gateway to Orkney, New York Film Festival)

Werner Herzog’s lonely hearts club film

Coleman Spilde

This extraordinary sister act says even the closest companions can be starved for love

Dutch ovens (Ashlie Stevens)

For better soups, start in the oven

Ashlie D. Stevens

Roast first, simmer later

Donald Trump welcomes Chinese President Xi Jinping at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, Sept. 23, 2026. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump rolls over for China's panda gift

Andrew O'Hehir

Art of the deal: China gets dominance in AI and renewables, plus global respect. Trump gets a couple cuddle-bears

(Getty Images / Rubberball Productions)

Wife school can’t fix MAGA husbands

Amanda Marcotte

A new wave of Christian influencers claim women can save their marriages with more self-loathing

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